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    Rev Med Brux. 2001 Oct;22(5):420-5.

    [Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia: eight cases and review of the literature].

    [Article in French]

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    Service de Médecine Interne, Hôpital Erasme, U.L.B.

    Abstract

    Bronchiolitis obliterans and organizing pneumonia is characterized histologically by plugs of granulation tissue in terminal air spaces. Patients usually present with flu-like illness followed by cough, dyspnea and fever. The chest X-ray pattern is characterized by pneumonia like infiltrate which can migrate. Outcome is good with steroid treatment. The aim of this article is to define the clinical, biological, including bronchoalveolar lavage and radiological aspects of BOOP on the basis of 8 clinical cases. The pathophysiology, diagnosis methods and treatment of BOOP are also discussed.

    PMID:
    11723784
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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